1988 Winter Paralympics

IV Paralympic Winter Games
Host city	Innsbruck, Austria
Nations	22
Athletes	377
Events	96 in 4 sports
Opening	17 January
Closing	24 January
Opened by	President Kurt Waldheim
Stadium	Olympiahalle
Winter
Summer

The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games (German: Paralympische Winterspiele 1988) were the fourth Winter Paralympics, held in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Winter Paralympics held in a different place from the Winter Olympics. Starting in 1992, the Olympics and Paralympics were held in the same or nearby cities. The 1988 Paralympics were not held in Calgary, Canada, where the Olympics were, because of money and recruiting problems. A total of 377 athletes from 22 countries took part. The USSR competed for the first and only time. A new event called sit-skiing was added in both Alpine and Nordic skiing. Other sports were biathlon and ice sledge speed racing. Knut Lundstroem from Norway was the most successful athlete, winning four gold medals in the 100m, 500m, 1000m, and 1500m events.^[1]

Sports

Alpine skiing
Ice sledge speed racing
Nordic skiing
- Biathlon
- Cross-country skiing

Medal table

Participating countries; first time participants are blue.

Here are the top 10 countries (NPCs) with the most gold medals. The host country, Austria, is highlighted.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	25	21	14	60
2	Austria*	20	10	14	44
3	West Germany	9	11	10	30
4	Finland	9	8	8	25
5	Switzerland	8	7	8	23
6	United States	7	17	6	30
7	France	5	5	3	13
8	Canada	5	3	5	13
9	Sweden	3	7	5	15
10	Italy	3	0	6	9
Totals (10 entries)		94	89	79	262